Example sentences of "[coord] little [be] [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | They often show lower selectivity ( more undesired by-products are often produced ) and little is understood about how they work . |
| 2 | As has been discussed , the ‘ response to injury ’ hypothesis depends on initial endothelial injury and little is known about loss of endothelium in vivo either spontaneously or in response to risk factors for atherosclerosis . |
| 3 | Human functioning is very complex and little is known about it . |
| 4 | The chapter indicates how , in spite of the fact that medical reports are a statutory requirement for children entering care , no systematic collation of information takes place , and little is known about the children 's physical health . |
| 5 | She left no personal papers , and little is known about her private life , but she was regarded as a formidable person by Beatrice and Sidney Webb ( later Baron Passfield ) , George Gissing , and George Bernard Shaw [ qq.v . ] . |
| 6 | Tomorrow is his Feast Day , but little is known about the life of this fourth-century divine ; he was renowned as a preacher and energetic founder of nunneries , and raised the funds to build the basilica in Verona where a statue depicts him holding a fishing-rod . |
| 7 | Cognitive–Behavioural treatments have been the most extensively evaluated interventions of all the psychotherapeutic schools in relation to these disorders and they do indicate that clients benefit in the short term , but little is known about the maintenance of change in the long term . |
| 8 | Theunis , whose second name was probably Carel or Carl , had a wife , Maria Dorothea , whose maiden name was Rubenden , but little is known about either of them . |
| 9 | But little is known about the chemical ‘ soup ’ of the oceans , and therefore the type of life that first became selected and concentrated there and which would have been different from that occurring , say , in rivers or stagnant pools . |
| 10 | This division between the life-styles of men and women is well documented , but little is known about the precise form or effect of housework attitudes . |
| 11 | But little is known about differentials within the commons . |
| 12 | Apparently , the institute is considering building a pilot plant , but little is known about its proposals , and clearly we are a long way from that becoming a viable alternative to present-day technology . |
| 13 | Fraud is an area of crime of growing economic and social significance , but little is known about its victims . |
| 14 | Osophageal , anorectal , and antroduodenal manometry are diagnostic tools in many paediatric centres , but little is known about colonic manometry . |
| 15 | Constipation represents a common problem in children , accounting for 3% of visits to the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as well as to a large general paediatric clinic in Boston , but little is known about longterm outcome in young children . |
| 16 | Most of the coastal details of these islands were fairly well known to the hydrographers of both the British and Dutch navies , but little was known about their inland geography . |